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Unexplained & Resolved

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Science doesn't fear mystery — it hunts it. Here are the signals and phenomena that kept astronomers up at night, the ones we eventually explained, and the ones that are still keeping us guessing.

The rule on this site is simple: unexplained does not mean extraterrestrial. Mystery is not a destination — it's a starting point. Some of these stories end with Nobel Prizes. Some end with microwave ovens. One has no ending yet.

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Tabby's Star: Alien Megastructure or Dust?

UNEXPLAINED
Date January 2, 2025
Section Unexplained & Resolved

KIC 8462852 dimmed mysteriously. We asked if it was a Dyson sphere. It wasn't. But the mystery lingers.
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'Oumuamua: The First Interstellar Visitor

UNEXPLAINED
Date January 3, 2025
Section Unexplained & Resolved

In 2017, the first confirmed interstellar object arrived in our solar system. But where did it come from, really?
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Pulsars: From Little Green Men to Nobel Prize

RESOLVED
Date January 4, 2025
Section Unexplained & Resolved

In 1967, astronomers discovered a signal so regular it seemed artificial. It was something stranger: a neutron star.
File 004: perytons

The Peryton: When the Mystery Was in the Microwave

RESOLVED
Date January 5, 2025
Section Unexplained & Resolved

For years, astronomers detected mysterious signals at Parkes Observatory. The culprit was laughably mundane.
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Fast Radio Bursts: Solved? (Mostly)

RESOLVED
Date January 6, 2025
Section Unexplained & Resolved

For a decade, Fast Radio Bursts were astronomy's brightest mystery. Then a magnetar solved most of the puzzle.